Washing machine



Feb. 16 was. 1s73,173

. H. W. LANDWEHR WASHING MACHINE Filed August 10 1925 machine as in anyeylinder typ'eoscillation washing mzichine bafiles being provided by theinwardly extending flanges 01' legs 4 0f the bare 4. Vhen it is desired130 c1ean the machine, the water may be drained from the containerl byopening the valve ab 12 ab the 10wer part 0:E the c0n- .tainer. Thesegmental sections mounted 0n the frame 0f the eylindepare released andremoved, the open frari1e 1eft being easily worked through t0 complete.the eleaning and washingout of the coutainer. Ea'ch seetion iscomparatively light und ea.sy t0 detach and remove 01' rep11ce. An-dwhen remowd ehe open frame 1eft does not interpose any Obstacle t0 theaccess to the bottom of the eontainer 1 in whieh it is mounted.

This constructi0n of cylinder f0: washing machines is very praetical anduseful and has proved its va1e in aet'ual pructice. Va .1iouschangesinminor detail of construc- Ycion rhay be resorted to withoutdeparting fro1n the invention define'd inthe clui.ms appended hereto,und it is tobe considered that the invention c0mpr ahends all suchchanges in structure th'at cnme within the seid Claims. I

1 claim:

1. In a washing machine, aj jylinder in.-

cluding an open frame having two spaced apart end 1hembers of t1iahgularshape bai'S eonnecting the end members at the apices of the triangles,and cylind-er Segments each eomprising two ende euch having a straight;

edge 21ml 2111 edge cmrve-d in the am 0i a eiicle and bars conneetingtheends, said cylinder segments being 10Cated With seid straight edges0f their ende against ihe edges of the end members cf the frame, undmeans f01;- detaehably connecting seid cylinder segments t0 seid fmme,substantially as described. Y

2. lkwashing machine cylinder comprisirig, an 0pe11 frame having tw0spaeed apart end members 0f polygonal shape ben's counec'ting seid endmembers, seid ba1s being located at the corners of seid end men1belS, aplurality of cylinder segments one for each edge of the end members,eaeh comprising the two endsehape substantially es the semnenc 0f ac1rcle, bare connect1ng seid ende und locate-d adjacent the outer euivededgeS therebf, said cylinder segments being 10' catedwwth the1r endsagamst th'e edges 017 ea.1dh*ame end members, anclme-ans f011 detachably conneeting the eylinder segments to the frame, sbstantially asdescribed.

3. A washing machine cylin-der comprising, an open fra1ne having spacedapart end members, bare connecting; the end men1- bers in spaeed apartrelation, each 0f seid b2us being T-shaped in c10ss seetion and havinguflange extending inwardly, und cy1inder segments detachably eonneetedl'0 the frzune, each of said Segment-s comprising two spaced apart ende,und bars Connecting the ende and loeated adjacent the onter edges ofseid ende, substantially es deseribed.

4. A washing machine cylinder eomp1ising an open f1;*amehaving spacedapartend members 0f polygonal shape, bare connect Y ing the e-nd membersat the corners ther-eof,

a plurality of cyli'nder segments each comprising tw0 ends formed in theshape 0f a segment of a Circ1e and spaced perforated bare connectingseid ends und locafed adjacent the curved 0uter edges 0f che 'ends anclmeans f0r detachzxbly connecting seid eylinder Segments to seid frame170 f0rm a complete enelose'd cylinder.

5. A vwashing'nr1a chine cylinder comprisingan open frzune havingspacedapart ende 0f polygonal shape, a Plurality 0f' bare c0nnecting'seid ende und located at spaeed distances from each other, a plumlity 0fcy]- inde1 Segments euch comprising two .spnced apart ende, mvospacedapartbars conneet '-ing the ends, and a plurnlity 0l? perforated b2us10cated between the ende ndjaeent the outer. edges' thereof, 11 0kmen1bers es;iending f1.01110ne ofsaidfirst mentioned bn1s (in each ofthe segments, und 1neans 1110 w1b] 3 mounted on each 0f the fran1e bareto Qngzage 0ver the Other 0f sair1 fi1st mentioned bare 0f said cylindevsegnmnts whereby When sa1d 110011 1nembers, me engaged nnder an edjacentbin 0'f the frzune JSai-d e vfinder seg1nent is securely y t delachablyconneelcd to t-be open frame. v

G, A Washing machine cylinder comprising, an open frame having spae'edapart end lnembers substantially in the shape 0f an equilateral trianglebare conneetingy; the end imembefs, said bars being T-shaped in C1OSSSeetion and hzwing inward1y extending flanges three ey]inder segmentseach comprising two spaced apart ende lmving the shape 0fthe Segment ofa circ]e andbnrs connecting said'ends located ndjacenf the unter 4curved edges ther-eof, the stmight edgesof said ende being adapted t0engage against the edges -of the fmme end niembers, und interengagingmeans 011 said cyL inder Segments und on the frame bars ;Eor detachablyconn cting said eylinder segments to th-e fmme. In. iestimony whereoflzfi'fix mjy signature.

HERM AN \Vf LANDVEHR'.

